President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Olawale Akanbi Moronkola as the Director General of the National Institute of Sports (NIS).
His appointment followed the demise of Dr John Mahamud, who was the Director General of the Institute until his death on January 25, 2021.
Until his appointment, Professor Moronkola was of the Department of Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan and the Chairman, Sports Council, University of Ibadan.
He obtained B.Ed (Hons) Physical & Health Education, M.Ed, Special Education Birmingham and PhD degrees with relevant professional experiences.
Professor Moronkola taught Sports Management and Policy Development at Masters level on part time basis at the Pan African University and he is the Vice-President, Conference of Collaboration of Education Faculties in West Africa; Council Member, University Games Association; and Vice-President, Conference of Collaboration of Education Faculties in West Africa 2013 till date.
He is a member of the Nigeria Association for Physical, Health Education and Recreation; member, Africa Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation; member of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, Recreation and Dance and member of other bodies that are relevant to his new assignment.
The new NIS DG has authored and co-authored many books, research articles and conference papers.
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